Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. is an open ended fixed-income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company, Western Asset Management Company Limited and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. The fund invests in fixed income markets of emerging market countries across the globe. It seeks to invest in fixed income securities issued by governments, government-related entities, and corporations which are of any maturity and quality. The fund employs fundamental analysis along with a top-down security picking approach focusing on factors like currency, inflation and interest rate trends, growth rate forecasts, liquidity of markets for that country's debt, political outlook, tax environment to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global. The fund was formerly known as Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. was formed on December 1, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd's stock was trading at $12.90 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EMD shares have decreased by 2.7% and is now trading at $12.55. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 21st. View Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd's dividend history.

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Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd has a market capitalization of $359.31 million.